Activities

On 9-11 February, a three-day course “Economy Grows Through Culture” was held in the Kyiv region, on the outskirts of the city of Bohuslav. The organising committee selected 50 participants, including representatives of NGOs, whose main focus is the development of local culture, business and creative industries, as well as representatives of the cultural and […]

  “It’s absolutely stunning!” – everyone comments on our book “Folk Calendar of Bohuslavshchyna”, which has recently been released and presented on 10 February 2024 during the “Economy Grows Through Culture” course. The book was written by folklorist Olena Chebaniuk and historian Oksana Humeniuk, participants of expeditions to the Bohuslav region, and designed by Oleksandra

   The “Brazhnyky – Masters of Ukrainian Clothing” banner exhibition was presented at the Medvyn Lyceum. For four decades (1930s-1970s), the Medvyn couple Fedir and Oleksandra Brazhnyk sewed Ukrainian national clothes in the USA for a number of choral, dance, and theatre groups of Ukrainian immigrants. Through the beauty of Ukrainian culture, they aimed to show the

  “When carols are no longer sung, the world will come to its end,” these words we heard from elderly people, the keepers of traditions, during our local history expeditions in Bohuslavshchyna. After all, Christmas is about Faith, New Joy, and the Life that always wins. And no matter how hard the enemies try to

On 20 December 2023, the Myronivka Museum of Local Lore hosted a presentation of the exhibition and brochure “Brazhnyky – Masters of Ukrainian Clothing”. The exhibition is dedicated to the prominent figures of the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States – the couple Fedir and Oleksandra Brazhnyk. For forty years, the couple, originally from Medvyn,

  On 16 December, Bohuslav city hosted a charity event “Christmas Evenings. Carolling Time” (“Christmas Vechornytsi. Koliada is Coming”), where people had a chance to learn about the Ukrainian customs of the Christmas and New Year season celebrations and join in raising funds for the needs of the Ukrainian military. The event was hospitably hosted

On 9 December 2023, a historical and cultural charity event “Christmas Fair. St. Andrew’s Evenings” was held within the framework of the project “Life of Ukrainians. Folk Calendar of Bohuslavshchyna”. At the evening celebrations (vechornytsi) in the Myronivka Museum of Local Lore, they taught how to tie shawls, decorate gingerbread, learn Petrykivka and Dybynets folk painting, make